Tiny One

This other day I saw this tiny, tiny, worm, I think (I really don't know

what it is. I looked up corn earworms etc. and it could be one of

those. It was not quite an inch long, less than 1/2 cm in width and

was crawling up the aluminum railing on our front porch. At one

point it fell and I tried to get it to crawl onto a Peony leaf, but it was

not interested at all in being on it. After falling to the cement step, it

moved surprisingly fast. I kept interrupting it's journey to get a better

image, but it just would not stay still enough. I was pleased to get

some detail of the head, eye etc. (if anyone knows the name of this

pest, please pass along, many thanks, Gail)

It's fascinating to see these little creatures up close with their faces and interesting bodies.  The claws are a turn off but probably quite handy for him/ her?  The effect, for me, is to be more mindful in how I view them -- living beings with rights -- not pests.

You're right Donna. I think this is probably a worm that does 'destroy' vegetation - but they are here.  It's little feet were so fast - reminded me a bit of a centipede (lesser scale). The odd thing was, it was climbing up vertically, and seemed so intent on wherever it was going. It may have been attracted by the bright colours in the flower basket above. But once on the cement step, it just wanted to be out of there. I read on the Internet the other day about the 10 dirtiest fruits. Apples, Peaches, Strawberries, the cross contamination of Pesticides is amazing. Another article I just read says even after washing you can't really get rid of all the Pesticides.  I don't know how the insects survive it all. They must adapt somehow. I always wash my fruit, but will be even more careful now!

I wonder what damage those pesticides do to the human body.  a hard battle

For or a long time, I wondered about the connection between pesticides and Parkinson's Disease 

 

Can't be good. I always wash my fruit really well. All fruits and veggies.  Jim bought me some Granny Smith apples in March.  I had about 3 left and was not in the mood to eat them, I actually left them there a month on the kitchen table, still hard as ever.  I then decided to leave them longer. It was May before I threw them out and they were not even SOFT yet!!!  I know they irradiate a lot of fruit etc. to delay ripening etc. While it is not to be confused with Radiation - it is said to be less harmful than most of us would imagination.  But really?? I don't recall leaving apples out for 'months' when I was much younger. They never lasted that long.  I recall having to put them in the fridge.  If we ever knew just what we are really consuming? Thankfully there is so much information out there on TV and the Internet now that we can read.  When I clean my Romaine Lettuce, I rinse it from the tap, then I put the leaves in a bowl of cold water, sprinkle in salt and leave it sit for at least 7 minutes. The salt makes all the 'bugs' rise to the top. About 20 years ago I had bought some Romaine.  I was in a hurry to make supper, just rinsed it quickly because it was the Romaine Hearts in a bag, looked pretty clean.  The next night I had more time so I rinsed it the normal way with soaking in salt. There had been this infestation of a certain Aphid in China? I think that year. The Aphids were a beige to ivory colour. They got to New York, Ontario (many other places) by the Jet Stream.  I could NOT believe the Aphids that rose to the top of the bowl of cold water!!!!!  The surface was COVERED in APHIDS!!!! It made me sick to think of what I must have ingested the evening before.  I learned my lesson. Even after rinsing under the tap, some bugs always rise to the top, and just think of the microscopic ones you don't see????

Hi Gale... I saw a beautiful tomato worm eating my tomato plants up the other day. This almost makes me wish I'd photographed before sending it to the big tomato patch in the sky.
Cool photo.

Brent

In the magnified image we can see, above the eye, as a sequence of red playing cards. I would call this little worm "Poker worm", ciao Giangiorgio

Now this one is really original and completely off the charts. It took me a minute to make sense of it but when I realized what I was looking at, I loved it. I've always had a taste for the truly one-of-a-kind photo.

Marvelous!! Great work as usual!!

Hugs!!

Your macro lens inspires me to do more with mine!  Great job!

Hi Gail,

  Wonderful macro with beautiful colors & details.  Take care, Patsy

Well this fellow was not even close to the size of a Tomato worm...he was so tiny. I really didn't think I would get the bit of detail that I did. Soooo tiny, yet I was determined to get him in focus. Kind of like the little wee worms you might see in a cob of corn, or smaller. Tomato worms are kind of cool - they are so ugly I just want to have them anywhere but not near me - but to photograph they'd be very interesting. A lot easier to photograph than this guy!

I love the name you have for this fellow!!!!  Thanks for the chuckle!!

Well, I've never attempted to really want to photograph the head of a worm before and at least it was a bright colour and I got a bit of detail.  I would have liked to have gotten an image of the details of his mouth better.

many thanks for your encouragement.  It is just a picture of a worm, nothing too exciting, but I appreciate your visits so very much!

The description of how you made the photo and details fascinated me , had not realized that a photo of macro moving is not really a simple thing also I guess the instincts of conservation play an important role. In any case a very beautiful work. Cheers

Ricardo 

yes, this fellow was not so easy to capture. He was on the move going upwards but also would move to the left or right with the upper quarter of his body, almost as if to see if he could find another route. Thanks so much for your visit, sorry I'm a bit late.